Artificialitis

Synopsis of Artificialitis

Artificialitis does not go against artificial intelligence. On the contrary, this tool, fundamental in the fifth industrial revolution, is indispensable in almost every dimension of our lives. Therefore, the reading is positive and the interpretation favorable, but at the same time critical. This book differs from those that celebrate the excellences of the supposed digital miracle and also from those that offer a catastrophic vision. Josep Lluís Micó portrays the people who have turned artificial intelligence into a talisman to solve any problem of the present and future, often without knowing what these systems consist of or without valuing the dangers they entail. They are the 'artificialitis patients', and to describe them, the professor of Journalism relies on abundant documentation, numerous interviews, and his own experiences and those of his environment. In fact, his 16-year-old daughter, Irene, has introduced at the end of each chapter a bold commentary on what her father explains, sometimes with irony and other times with more sharpness than the professionals themselves.